42Closure of dangerous highways

### 42 Closure of dangerous highways > > (1)  Where the corporation's engineer or an officer of the corporation who is authorized to give a report as provided in [section 41](#GS41@EN) certifies that a local highway is unsafe to traffic or a particular class of traffic, it may close the highway to that traffic, erecting such barriers and carrying out such other works as are necessary for that purpose. > > > (2)  The Governor may give written directions to a corporation for the reopening, either generally or to a particular class of traffic, of a highway in respect of which it has taken action under this section, and the corporation shall take such steps as are necessary to give effect to the directions. > > > (3)  Where a corporation takes any action under this section, it shall keep posted near the highway a notice of the extent to which the highway has been closed to traffic and the reasons for its closure. > > > (4)  Notwithstanding [subsection (3)](#GS42@Gs3@EN) , a notice posted under that subsection is not required to be kept posted for a period longer than 2 years. > > > (5)  A corporation is not, as the authority under a duty to maintain the highway, liable for injury occasioned to, or the loss suffered by, a person who uses a highway contrary to the terms of a notice posted under [subsection (3)](#GS42@Gs3@EN) or takes any action that the barriers and other works erected or carried out under this section appear to be designed to prevent.